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Local Online Advertising to Increase 18% in 2011

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| Main | Despite Recession, Private Tutoring Booms » August 25, 2010 Local Online Advertising to Increase 18% in 2011 Borrell Associates is forecasting a solid increase of 14% in online advertising in 2011.    This is much faster than their 2011 overall advertising growth forecast of 5%. 

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Smartphone Sales to Over Take Feature Phone Sales in 2011

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Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « 1 in 8 Consumers Forecasted to Cut or Eliminate Cable TV in 2010 | Main | An Overview of the Non-Profit Sector » May 12, 2010 Smartphone Sales to Over Take Feature Phone Sales in 2011 Nielsen is forecasting that smartphone sales in the U.S. will exceed "dumb" phones in 2011

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Time Spent on Social Networks Exploding; Email and IM Fading

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  From the article: "the uptick in social networks led to the 28% and 15% declines in email and instant messaging, respectively. .    According to the research, Americans now spend 36% of their online time "communicating and networking across social networks, blogs, personal email and instant messaging."

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

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Vet the potential partner to make sure they have solid finances and a track record as a reliable and ethical business. Proof it works: Schaus’s profits grew by 15% from 2011 to 2012 as a result of her partnerships. Make it explicit that you want to learn everything you can about them in short order,” Gage says.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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Erin Balsa, head of content marketing at The Predictive Index , has been hiring freelance writers since 2011 and managing them since 2015. Popular places for finding freelance talent To avoid misses and reduce wasted time, we recommend finding freelancers through referrals, rather than straight-up platform searches. Her secret?

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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She taught financial managers to shift from stranded fossil fuel assets, realize the benefits of what she called “ ethical biomimicry finance , operating your company on nature’s principles” and act in the best interests of not only the shareholders but also the stakeholders—employees, customers, the community and the planet.

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One way to create cooler, cleaner megacities: Plant rooftop gardens!

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billion from China to finance infrastructure projects. It is now launching new projects in Upper Egypt and a website called the “Urban Greens’ Network,” which it hopes will inspire more Egyptian city dwellers to begin gardening. “We From 2015 to 2017, Egypt borrowed $1.03 Tending to community health.